Developer Trends The updated TIOBE index has been published. It shows continued strength for Java and C. It is also interesting to see Ruby crack the top 10 of this survey. The survey technique is very interesting as it includes multiple search engines for job...

Just as I was wishing there was more Informix support for Ruby , one of my colleagues unearthed this open source Informix driver for Ruby project. Kudos to Gerardo Santana for creating it. Check out the Driver site for some programming examples and...

Trouble with Locales follow-up Nobody likes it when they upgrade and their application stops working, which is probably why the Trouble with locales post from May generated more feedback than any other. Removing support for implicit locale conversion when...

The last time I tried a Ruby on Rails tutorial I gave up half way through, having trouble accepting the convention over configuration ethos, where database tables and columns need to follow a naming conventionto work with Rails' automatically generated...

A new version of Gerardo Santana 's Ruby Driver for Informix is available. From the release notes : 0.4.0 12/13/2006------------------New features: * Support for multiple connections to databases * Support for scroll cursors. Methods available: ...

I've finally taken the Ruby plunge. It's taken a while. My buddy Chris Grindstaff recommended I look at it years ago. I had heard of it, and it sounded interesting, but coming from Chris, I took a closer look. Started following it from afar. Eventually...

Thanks to the wonders of jet lag I'm in the office bright and early and catching up with some of the Informix content over the last two weeks... Real-time Database Monitoring with PHP Marty and Aron Lurie have published an intriguing developerWorks article...

I certainly hope no one mistakes me for some kind of Ruby fan-boybecause of my brand spankin' new Picante Chuck Taylors. Or was that Cayenne?I swear , my wife got them for me for Christmas, I didn't evenpick the color! I do love 'em. And to be honest, I am...

We now have a complete solution for Ruby and Ruby on Rails fans for accessing the entire DB2 set of servers. The new Ruby driver and Rails adapter are available now on RubyForge the IBM development team is ready to hear from you with your feedback. Download...

Scott Hebner, Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for IBM Rational is our guest this week. He joins for a final look ahead to the big Rational Software Development Conference coming 10-14 Jun in Orlando, Fla. Jazz is the big topic here, and will be there....

Interesting things are happening in the world of Informix and ruby... Firstly Ruby/Informix 0.5.1 , the open source Ruby driver for Informix was released on Friday. Read about and download it here: http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-informix/ . The main change...

Ruby is on the rise in programming circles according to Darryl Taft. Why? It is the "new and cool" language that is clean, concise, and above all, elegant . What might be holding Ruby adoption back? Lack of significant large scale deployments - this will come...

Akita (Ruby on Rails Specialist in Brazil) had a great time interviewing several interesting Rubysts and Railers on their new projects.
I think you will like to hear what they have to say.
RailsConf 09 - Exclusive Audio Interviews Kleber Rodrigo de...